Wagonhammer

There is a place by Salmon called wagonhammer. not sure about how it got it's name. but on the road is a little place. water comes streaming out 24 ours a day. cold and pure. taste sooooo good. then there is a little stream that runs right into the salmon river.

we took our kids there when they were young. it's hasn't changed much at all.

Idaho Candy

while in Idaho, I saw lots of these. so I had to try it. candy made with potatoes. hmmmmm, it was OK. this is an Idaho spud candy, also has potato in it. I believe. soft center, chocolate on the outside with coconut. hmmmmmm, OK....

I guess I like doughnuts made with potatoes, rolls made with potatoes, and bread made with potatoes. candy - um, no.........LOL.......

Tower Creek

Bruce took me to Tower Creek when he took me up there for the first time many, many years ago. here is the road. it hasn't changed in all this time. everywhere you look, there are these towers. I think they are volcano vents. but it looks pretty cool.

almost like monuments......

and then a single one once in a while......

this one is waving to us......

and then a whole row......

fascinating!!!

Sites in Salmon

Unless you are family, you might not be interested in this update. but there are some pretty pics..... this is the house where Bruce lived while in Salmon. it was brand spanking new. they have changed a few things. Bruce says they have added on quite a bit. being a AZ girl I haven't seen much in the way of fall trees. so i had to take this pic of a fall tree in front of Bruce's old high school. it is now the Jr. High.

this is in downtown Salmon. I thought it was an interesting way to represent the town of Salmon.

I took this pic because they have different numbers for each county. do they do that in all states? anyway, small numbers!

this is on the bridge over the salmon river. right in the middle of town. this is only part of the river.

this is a better picture of Bruce's old high school.

these are part of the mountains surrounding Salmon. isn't that just darn beautiful!

as we were driving around - maybe a block from downtown. we saw these deer. in town, in someones front yard! Bruce said as I was taking the picture, why don't you look to the right?

and I saw these! oh my goodness. sorry about the glare. but I didn't even think to roll down the window. I guess my city girl is coming out. now you know, I am a city girl! LOL.....

Here is the chapel where Bruce went to church.

and here, the hallowed ground where Bruce played football. may we have a moment of silence please.........

Bruce had a wonderful time finding his old haunts, reminiscing. and telling stories. I enjoyed listening......

Class Reunion

One of the reasons we went to Idaho was for Bruce's 40th class reunion. we both have never been to either of our reunions so we were about to have an adventure. Salmon is right on the Salmon River up in the skinny part of the state. lots of really TALL mountains surround the valley. lots of ranching around the valley. their claim to fame is that Sacagewea was born there. The reunion was at the Sacagewea Interpetive Center. there is a little farm there, several statues and walk you can take talking about lewis and clark. very pretty. This is Wanda, Kathy and Pam

Bruce and Robin. she married someone in the class. so she got to come. she really got teased about it. LOL......

This is Pam and Bruce

This motely crew is Mark, Bruce, Terry and Larry. heard a few more stories from them. Larry claimed it was all Bruce's idea. hmmmmm, yeah right..... LOL.....

this is Karen and Nancy

This is Gary and Bruce

This is Debbie who is married to Terry, then Mary and then Dave and his wife. sorry I can't rmember her name......

another pic of Dave and his wife

And the class! There were 88 in his graduating class. 6 have passed away. We had a lovely time. lots of laughing. Maybe we might go to mine next time! LOL......

We Went on a Trip!

Recently we went on a trip all the way up to Idaho. it was a nice time for Bruce and I. very relaxing. from Mesa to St George no clouds, beautiful weather. just awesome. Once we started into Utah - past St George, we saw lots of mountains with snow. very pretty.

We stayed the night in Beaver Ut, when we left early the next morning, this is what the trip was like:

Every time we hit a summit, snow! Cloudy and raining. But once we hit Idaho, it all went away.
Next time Bruce's 40th HS Class Reunion!

Thornberries

Thornberries. such a relaxing day of sewing, eating, sharing,swapping - just plain ole fun! more churndashes.... I am starting to get excited about this quilt. we are almost done trading..... Sue finished this quilt. how pretty is this? I didn't do this swap.... very sad now.....

Louise is working on this one for a class she will be teaching. very nice.....

here is Terry and Louise. not sure where Sue is. but we had a really good time. Even Mindy got to stop by.....

Thanks girls......

Juliet Bag

had another great class on the Juliet bag. here is Marsha with her finished bag..... And Julia with hers.....

they turned out sooooo pretty. thanks Ladies........

Peppermint Twist!

another fun class! Peppermint twist. here is Marsha. he got one side of her tablerunner finished. a week or so later she brought in the finished runner. isn't it cute? I love it in the darker colors!

thanks Marsha!

Loot Party!!!!

I told you a post or two ago about our trip to CA. what I didn't tell you was that Bruce was meeting with Vendors and doing the buying for the stores for the coming year. So this is how it works. the store owners are sitting around the pool, there was a soda bar, ice cream bar, tables with lots of goodies in the center. at the appointed time Bruce goes to a room and meets with a vendor. the vendor does his spiel, loads Bruce up with goodies. and then goes to the net appointment. sounds like hard work doesn't it? actually he came back to the room pretty tired every night. this was all day long for 2.5 days. and it was really hot. over 100 degrees. so we came home with lots of loot. here it is.... pssst, we already took out the stuff we wanted!



as we were driving home, we started talking what to do with all the loot. we decided to have a loot party with all the kids. yeah!!!! I had to work the day of the party, so I got home the same time as everybody arrived. so I gathered all the grands and said when we go in there are lots of goodies but we can't touch! later after pizza, we will get to fill bags of all the goodies. they came in and were so excited they could hardly eat their pizza. it was like Halloween but better!

so I had a brown bag for each grand. their name was on the bag. the rules were you could pick one thing then it was the net persons turn.

here is Zoe!

Demi, Gunner, Lexi and Andrew

Andrew.....

Gunner and Lexi......

there was so much that the kids had a hard time picking, so they had to pick by the time we counted to 10. there were T-shirts for the adults, baseball cards - uncut, flip flops (size humongous) - all the kids wanted those. lots of loot. after everyone was done we brought out the x rated stuff! they sell everything at convenience stores. we didn't get a lot of that kind of stuff, but kids took it all! I must say rather quickly too! LOL....

Lorene